Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-09
SUBURBAN SETTINGS.
SOME MILAN TALK CONCERNING THE
CANAL TERMINI-0THER GLEANlNGs
FROM OUR RURAL NEIGHBoRs.

SOME MILAN TALK CONCERNING THE
CANAL TERMINI-oTHER GLEANINGs
FROM OUR RURAL NEIGHBoRs.
MILAN. February s.
We feel much encouraged at the out
look for the future trade.
i number of politicians are making
states for our town election, which takes
place the first Monday in March.
John Dickson has been sick for the
past two weeks, out at present is inns
proving.
Ed. Love- of Bowling, is recovering
from severe attack of lung fever. and
was reported much better Saturday.
Henry Holley, Of Marion, Iowa, spent
last week with Homer and Willie Gid
well. Mr.. Holley had the pleasure OF
meeting many old friends.
John Bosold, of Rural, who is well
known throughout the county,is to have
sale on the l7th, TO dispose of his entire
stock, and will leave March LIST for
Emettsburg, Iowa. to take charge of his
farm there
Mr. A. Thompson, principal of the
Keller school, about March list will have
the punils give an entertainment, which
will consist of dialogues. ESSAYS, etc. Mr.
Thompson is using every effort for its
success
J. c. Bennit is considered quite good
fellow as long as he remains in the country.
bur when he has a little lucre ahead. he
comes to town and and he mskes geu>
eral nuisance of himself by getting drunk.
Last week he put in most OF the time in
Rock Island and made his way TO Milan
Friday night, remained here Till Satur-
day evening, and while Al. Tindail was
purchasing some hardware from Matth-
ews Il Co, politely took charge of Mr.
Iindall's team and drove some two
or three miles in the country. The
officers We're informed and soon placed
Bennit in Jail
B. F. Ramsey returned Saturday, after
an absence of two months, from West.
Point Neb. Mr.. Ramsey has charge of
the West Point Paper Mill company.
which he claims one Of the finest struG
lures in the west, ii being a three story
brick well equipped The town is the
county seat OF Cumming county, ami Is
hourishing and rapidly becoming manu-
fgeuring center He would be much
more pleased if there was another mill
built here. We are glad tc hear him ex-
press himself in favor of such project
1t would give us quite a boost. Mr.
Ramsey's knowledge of the paper bus.
iness is founded on many years'experience
and our citizens feel very highly pleased
that he Is meeting with success at West
Point.
50 CLIFTON has at last declared
itself on the Hennepin canal
The citizens of Albany, small
village some ten or fifteen miles below
Clinton. must feel as though Clinton was
giving them 4 boom, as that is the terms
nus of the Dosia route They are trying
70 make members of congress believe
that it is much easier TO pull some twenty
miles up stream over the rapids in the
river than it Is down stream, and how
silly it Is To say tha, Albany is a railroad
ceutcr-a small 'iiiage with one railroad, d
town ever ten miles from ChutOn owned
tF the Northwestern CLIFTON points
With pride ~ The amount OF lumber il
SHIPS Way TIE terminus of the Rock
Island route has six as large lumber ca,
terpri>es as they have, besides the largest
manufacturing interests in the west.
VIII Clinton compare Its manufacturing
inter. SIS with those of the terminus OF
the Rock Island route? Why. Milan,
known IS IA suburban town, does as mulh
shipping as Clinton: would our manutac>
turing interests dare to compare its bust
Etss with Rock Island, Moline aud pa-
yenpJrt? Members of congress will
laugh 1t those assertions. Every euJi.
uecriGg corps that has made the survey
claims tie Rock Island route has all the
COMMERCIAL advantages and have So ex-
pressed themselves in their reports
to The secretary at war. 1t was
also recommended by a commission
t. look after It by coHgress \ very
Influential geniiemaC al Marion. Iowa is
ct the opinion, if the canal is II regulate
rates for the people. it ought to terminate
at R0rk Island. a. il IS one of the great
railroad centers Of the west, and 1t has
number OF railroads, while Clinton has only
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